CLAPTON, Stanley Maurice
| Service Number: | 4756 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 23 October 1920, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4756, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4756, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4756, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mrs S Clapton, 123 Thistle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Biography contributed by Leanne Phillips
Stanley Maurice Clapton was born in 1896 in Bendigo. He was the 6th Child of 13 born to Arthur Barrett Claton and Sara Mary Georgina nee Terry.
Stanley's father was a miner and died at the young age of 44 with phythis ( a miners lung diesese). Stanley listed his trade as Miner when he enlisted. Stanley's brigade include another benigodian in Fletcher Jones ( of the Fletcher Jones rag trade) They became firm friends often dreaming of peace time and starting a business together. Stanley was a Corporal in the army and spent some time in 1916 in no-man's land at Fleur Baix where he and his seargent Fletcher Jones. Their brigade had suffered heavy losses and both Stan and Fletcher Jones were searching bodies of the fallen for identification and affects. Stan picked up a revolver belonging to a dead German soldier and was instantly shot in the chest by a Geman sniper in a nearby trench. It is understood his mate Fletcher Jones filled the wound with his field dressing covered in iodine and made him as comfortable as possible and with the captain of their brigade they went out to recover stan later that night, puting him on a stretcher where he was stretchered away. Stanley was given up for dead by his mate but infact was shipped home and repatriated. When Fletcher Jones arrived home on a hospital ship fourteen months later Stan was there waiting for him. Together the two started a hawkers wagon selling many different wares travelling the long dirt tracks out in the country. With little experience the business wasn't tgat successful although they gave it a good crack. After the war ended they decided to go seperate ways. Stan obtained a job in Bendigo at Taylor's, Whitlock & Carter and later at the same company in Rochester. Stan was to become a floowalker at Myer Emporium in Melbourne. His dress sense as well as his striking tall figure made him a great fit for this work. Stan married Getrude Laura nee Watson on 23/10/1920 in Daylesford. Together they had 4 children. ( some information from the Fletcher Jones Book)